Change license of node-template and FRAME examples to MIT-0 (#13465)

* Change node-template license from Unlicense to MIT-0

* Change frame examples license from Unlicense to MIT-0

* Update bin/node-template/LICENSE

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Co-authored-by: Oliver Tale-Yazdi <oliver.tale-yazdi@parity.io>
Co-authored-by: parity-processbot <>

substrate/bin/node-template/LICENSE

@@ -1,24 +1,16 @@
-This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
+MIT No Attribution
 
-Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
+Copyright Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd.
-distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
-binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any
-means.
 
-In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this
-of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the
+software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software
-software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit
+without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify,
-of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and
+merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
-successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so.
-relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this
-software under copyright law.
 
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
-EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
-MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
-IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
+HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
-OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
-ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
-For more information, please refer to <http://unlicense.org>

substrate/bin/node-template/node/Cargo.toml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "A fresh FRAME-based Substrate node, ready for hacking."
 authors = ["Substrate DevHub <https://github.com/substrate-developer-hub>"]
 homepage = "https://substrate.io/"
 edition = "2021"
-license = "Unlicense"
+license = "MIT-0"
 publish = false
 repository = "https://github.com/substrate-developer-hub/substrate-node-template/"
 build = "build.rs"

substrate/bin/node-template/pallets/template/Cargo.toml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "FRAME pallet template for defining custom runtime logic."
 authors = ["Substrate DevHub <https://github.com/substrate-developer-hub>"]
 homepage = "https://substrate.io"
 edition = "2021"
-license = "Unlicense"
+license = "MIT-0"
 publish = false
 repository = "https://github.com/substrate-developer-hub/substrate-node-template/"
 

substrate/bin/node-template/pallets/template/README.md

@@ -1 +1 @@
-License: Unlicense
+License: MIT-0

substrate/bin/node-template/runtime/Cargo.toml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "A fresh FRAME-based Substrate node, ready for hacking."
 authors = ["Substrate DevHub <https://github.com/substrate-developer-hub>"]
 homepage = "https://substrate.io/"
 edition = "2021"
-license = "Unlicense"
+license = "MIT-0"
 publish = false
 repository = "https://github.com/substrate-developer-hub/substrate-node-template/"
 

substrate/frame/examples/basic/Cargo.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "pallet-example-basic"
 version = "4.0.0-dev"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 edition = "2021"
-license = "Unlicense"
+license = "MIT-0"
 homepage = "https://substrate.io"
 repository = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/"
 description = "FRAME example pallet"

substrate/frame/examples/basic/README.md

@@ -237,4 +237,4 @@ pub trait Config: <INSERT_CUSTOM_PALLET_NAME>::Config { }
 // that the implementation is based on.
 </pre></p></details>
 
-License: Unlicense
+License: MIT-0

substrate/frame/examples/offchain-worker/Cargo.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "pallet-example-offchain-worker"
 version = "4.0.0-dev"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 edition = "2021"
-license = "Unlicense"
+license = "MIT-0"
 homepage = "https://substrate.io"
 repository = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/"
 description = "FRAME example pallet for offchain worker"

substrate/frame/examples/offchain-worker/README.md

@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ Additional logic in OCW is put in place to prevent spamming the network with bot
 and unsigned transactions, and custom `UnsignedValidator` makes sure that there is only
 one unsigned transaction floating in the network.
 
-License: Unlicense
+License: MIT-0